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H. TAYLOR & J. F. 0. ELFERS.

FEATHER DUSTER.

Patented July 3, 1883.

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WIILVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY TAYLOR AND JOHN F. O. ELFERS, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO CHRISTIAN CORNEHLSEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FEATHER DUSTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,531, dated July 3, 1883.

Application filed January 8, 1883 (No model.) I

To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY TAYLOR and J OHN Fl 0. ELFERS, both of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feather Dusters, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in that class of feather clusters in which the feathers are attached to the handle by an elastic or ,fleXible connection; and to this end it consists in securing the feathers in the outer ends of coiled springs secured to the handle, as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a broken side elevation of a feather duster or brush made in accordance with our invention, and Fig. 2 shows one of the springs removed from the brush.

In carrying our invention into effect we form the outside of the brush or duster of the fulllength feathers a and the inside or main body of the brush of the short feathers b. The short feathers are held in the coiled steel-wire springs A by shellac or other suitable means, which springs are attached at one end to the handle B of the brush by any suitable means. The springs are by preference enlarged at their outer ends to form the cups (1 for receiving the ends of the short feathers, as will be understood from Fig. 1, and the springs are by prefer ence wrapped with strong paper, cloth, orsome other suitable material, as will also be understood from said figure. In this manner the short. feathers may be utilized in making the brush without diminishing the flexibility of the brush or otherwise injuring its quality, and the outside of the brush will have the same appearance as if made entirely of long H. A. WEST, O. SEDGwIcK. 

